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LOVE OMIXPIIUIia ' loesweeteet notes among the human heart trioga Are dull with nut; The sweetest chords, adjusted by the angels, Are clog-ed w'th dust. We pipe and pipe again our dreary music Upon the self-same strains. While sounds of crime and fear and deeoia tion. Come back in sad refrains. On through the world we " ztzt.j marching With listening e?r\ Each longing, sighing for the heavenly music H? never bear*: Each longing, sighing for a word of comfort, " A word offender prai?e, A word of lore, to cbe?r the on Jless journey Of earth's harJ, busy days. They love us, and we know it; this suffice* For reason's share, Why should they pause to give that love's expression With gentle caret Why should they p.au?.f Hut still our heart? am aching With all the gnawing pain Of hungry love that longs to hear the music, And longs .and longs In vain. We Jove tliem and we know It, If we falter. With finger* vnh, Among tho unus>d sti ,.igs of love's expros a.on. The note# aro dumb. Wo &lirink within ours-slvaa In voicelesr sorrow, Leaving tho word* unsaid, And sido l>y s ilo with thus wa Iovj the denre I. In silciicR on wetr.vi'l. 'IIiiis on we tread, an I thus each In silence Its fate fulfill.--. Waiting an I hoping for the li?av >nly mi-do beyond the distant hills. 'I li_* only difference or lovo in heiven l-'roin love nil earth below. Is: Hero wo love an I know not how to tell it. And there we all shall know. ?Constance K. WooNon. A STtilUfflliE FOR LIFK. IIV II. I?. MASON. n.c?-p LIVK in a very ywj QUaiut ohl place. If ^ Javylhfcggl jjo? yon were told it was ^ lmunled you would " 5^"- readily lielievo it. ',ousw '* a allk^s ^rnK"1<,nt <?f tho & (/ \y^ grayed relic of tho year 1S10?so unlike a modern houso that people gaxe at it curiously as they pass along the fashionable thorough faro upon which if fronts. A mansion of gray sandstone it stands in the midst of extensive grounds, shaded hy nob'o oaks, elms, pines and sycamores. Such elms there are in various portions of New Kiigiand; such pines over hVnimore Cooper's grave at. Otsego Lake; such oaks ne ir Niagara 01 in the blue-grass region ef Kentucky ; such sycamores along ti'c tmiio <?r tlie wauasii; imii mere urc few places where one finds them grouped together. They give the place mi air of seclusion such :is brooded over Keiiilworth. Close inspection is require)! to ileicrniiiie that the house is luiilt ot stoue. Vines cover it from foundation to roof, half concealing doors ami windows, and massing up under the eaves in great swells of vendlire. There aro ivy, I Virginia creepers and trumpet vine?, ami 1 would gladly have more were there spare for fheni to grow. It is just such a home as a retiring old hilt-helm like myself loves. i need scarcely describe the interior. I call it comfortable; tidy housekeepers (llcnvcn defend me from theui!) would call it slovenly. My aged housekeeper is nol ambitious. She tries to please me, and does so; hut she is not tidy. My occasional visitors assure me that the looms ato not well aired, that there is a musty odor in the parlor, that the lihiary is quite damp. I confess that such le narks amine me. The dampness ami miisltmss have m vei been apparent to me, and my boil ekeeper has never mentioned llie subject. I therefore conclude that the trouble lies chiefly in the fancy i>i cimi iin i1 rvin*i mid oflii ions women. who have not enough at home to Ueop them busy. I'p in my attic, opening toward the 4 . . 11 . ;_,. ? #ii*fu rr, wHk-'Ji swings back on a hinge. Vines half exclude the light. B'Tds come there, mostly sparrows?a truly detestable bird ? but robins and bluebirds also visit the place at intervals. 1 once had a robin stand on the cave within a foot of my lace, peeling at me curiously. lie wiuked at: I rol'.c 1 his nretty he id in a nost d vetting way. I half believe ho thought me some gigantic species of bird ? a gigantic cousin he had not seen before. I olten peer shyly at the outside world tlirou h this little window, stan<ling on my leet the while, as the opening is higher above the lloor than common. The attic i* partly '.i :hts is seldom used. ('Id furniture, boxes, pictures, papers ::i.<l violins lake up most of tho space; coinvcbs and soot are omniprc-ent. There are dark angles and corners into which . " body hut myself ever peers. I love the ipiiet of the place, and its utter lack if order. Sometimes I take up one of miv old violins and discourse a half-forgot ton air in so low a k'-y that even tho -pidcrs an not disturbed. A recent warm evening in July foun t > o in the attic. A breath of sultry aii came tin on Ji the vine chocke I window ; the leaves oil my old trees were motionless. Many pe ?;>Io were moving on the -licet, brought out of their homes in the hope of finding cooler air. <>ne young I iily I singled out walking alone, a tall, .-lately \vo:ncu, who face, while dimly ecu at ijuitc a distance, I could imagine to be handsome. I grew retrospective :;s I watched her. I am not given to sentimentality?indeed, I know women too well to love them; but it canuot be denied that it is very natural for a man to let tL>cm bamboozic him. I am well aware that the word l amboozle is not elegant; hut no othet word will convey my idea. Women arc r.utural deceivers; what use have they lor sincerity? llow well they know t'se I owei of n handsome figure, a bright. ye, or pretty teeth I With what adi liable art do they add to an l improve upon natural attractions 1 The sweet smile of a girl in her teens is hard to resist, I grant you; it overturns rcasou and philosophy as the great wheel of tho wind mill overthrew Don Quixote; but if this self same sweet smile fails to captivate you, it is not soon turned upon an ranch I 1 gat oat of patience: | Women wind men round their fingers. Women of tact?polite women?rule the world. If one could find a really sincere woman?rather pretty, too?what a satisfaction it would be to marry her! But where in the wide world is one to look for suchf While gazing intently out of the window with an interest beyond the ordinary?shall I confess it!?In the fair pedestrian. I betight I ?*w a man moving among the shrubbery near my gate, but on closer inspection concluded that 1 had been deceived. I watched the stately lady out of sight, laughing at my own folly the while, aud was about to turn my attention to the old attic when 1 felt something touch me. The touch was at first so faint that I thought It might be fancy, or that I might have come in contact with the wall. In order to see the street plainly, I had been forced to protrude ray shoulders through the aperture, which is too small to permit one to turn round. Before I had time to withdraw my head, the touch became a grip, and two stout arms were about my waist. I was hel I as in a vise I Picture to yourself my position. Night was falling, I was alone, and a prisoner in my own house. A prisoner of what/ of whom? I might call; but who would hear me? I knew the house was empty. My old housekeeper had gone out, and might not return for hours. Ho long as she attended to my wauls and got my mnnl. ,nr.nl.,l. T ...1,1..... i ...I IMVU.O BVIMMIU lU^miUU VTUUIU she went or how Ion# sho stayoJ. Who are you?" I gasped. No reply. "Let me go," I shrieked; ' ! shall alarm the neighbor*. " Not a sound hut the echo of my owu voico among the rafters. "Help? help I" I Ncroariied. The grip of thv villain tightened. One hand slowly moved up toward my neck, making its murderous purpose inoro nppareut; the other was very near iny faithful old gold time-piece, an?l heirloom that numbered more years than myself. Was I to ho murdered for its possession? In a frenzy partly made up of fear, partly of rage. I struggled to get my head and shoulders out of the oritico in order to lie on more equal terms with my dastardly assailant; hut I scorned like a babe in his grasp. My blood chilled at the idea of being so powerless. Did the cut-throat intend to throttle ino, or throw me from the wiudow of my own attic? As yet he had not uttered h sound, f could hear the mottled movement of his feet on the lloor; but uot a wor I, not a breath. A cold sweat broke out all over me; my sight grow dim. Thesilonco of my mystoriour assailant was worse than any uproar. Why ilid ho not speak? "Help! help!" I screamed, my strength fast failing. I felt a powerful !ej twisting about my own; he was about to throw mo badily from tho window. Frenzy nerved me with a strength not my own. I squirmed, twisted, bit, screamed, and kicked like a madman. The extreme violence of my strength shall never cease to astonish me. I succeeded in getting my hen 1 and shoulders out ol the aperture, broke loose from the villain's grasp, and sent bun sprawling on the floor. I rolled over and over him in my frenzy. Kvery man has more or less of the savage in him, and for the time being every savage instinct in inv nature was uppermost. It was a tight for life. The attic had grown dark, and the floor was so strowu with boxes and buudles tfiat it was impossible to avoid tbein. Wo fell over fliem repeatedly in our struggles. Precious though the ol<l unframe ! paintings were, I trod them 1111dorfoot; much us I prized my violins, I hurled them at the villain with all my strength. I hugan to have some advantage over him; lie did not know the attic as well as I. lie stumbled against the angles, tipped over cases that I knew the location of, bumped against the sloping ceiling. My courage began to rise once more. "Hegone, or I shall shoot!" 1 cried. For the first time there came a sound from the villain. lie chu "Ivied! Well be knew 1 bad no weap m, and well for liitil I had not! "V?ai are a' my mercy; surrender!" I called, in a voice loud and shrill enough to rou-e the noig'.iborhoo I. Again the dastar 1 chuckle 1! Wlia' deviltry was he plotting? uii'.u j? loi f' r-r-..ii til te t. f "Well, hardly!" , The voice .startled ine. Tiicso were his lirst words. I had not expectel a leply, and the words had a strange an I uncanny linij. I confess I tremble I. "Youaie my prisoner," I said in a lower key and with lev. eonti 'encj. " Am 11" The effrontery of the villain astounded and exasperated me. ' cm {lit up the tirst tiling I could reach a a I hurled it at him. It crashed lou llv against the wall. Shortly after there cam i a scratching sound, and a li^ht ll here I in the darkness. 11a h id c > ally struck a match! I looke 1 at him in amaze nont. One glance was en >u,'li. As I have said, every man has more or less of the sava?s in him, and my sava ;e a ;ain assume I the mast-rv. I luve been a i ,'ry many times in my life; hut never ?p?ito so as then. Wh > c features did the li.vjht make apparent tome? A dark-face I, snaileyed, short-liaire I villani? a lo.v !>r > ve I eit thro.at.' Not a* all! It was the soleno ami smilin; r mu'on nmo of my nephew, Mr. IVrcy F. Jenkins, the only one of my kin I h i I ever l.ik-i any in torest in. liven the smirch ?s of a ?-?t on his fare?tic marks of my lingers, doubtless?eould not bide his identity or his pleas ?nt smile. Dripping to se ine, on a vacation from e die ;r, lie ha I seen tit to lessen my life at least tea years by one of bis college antics. "Forgive me, uncle," lie cried; "I've been to picnics, but this tops them all!" For nnswci I threw an o!d violoncello in, iii> null. iiu uni^r l, 1110 111 !1; Oil went out, and I hoped the scapegrace would not lie able to lin I the I-> >r. Ilu' he did. What would I have given for a stout rattan and n chancj to lay it on his rascally carom! lie stumbled down stairs and I folio.vol at the top of my speed. I fervently hoped that he would tall or miss his way, that ! might catch him; but he disappointed inc. The last thing I heir I him utter was one of his vdlaiuous chuckles as he swept down the hallway. I might have passed hi o, but why, where? Ho was moving liko a whirlwind, and the savage had goo 1 reason to. After 11 o'clock that night, while my , aged aud faithful housekeeper was apply - I ???? -- ? JPUmi log arnica to mj bruises and lisfeouYto my car rat ire of tba outrage, tbareVae a banging on the knocker of nayJont door. Whan tba old lady aoswenmthe lummoui, who atood there- but tlM little illaio, Percy F. Jenkiog! jf "Iloally, uncle/' said he, as he ctme into my presence with a sheepish air, "I didn't mean to carry joke half so far. Not finding you down ataira when I came in, I atnl? iin the i nere you were, looking out of the window, with your back to me. It wtu an awful temptation, uncle." I looked at him in silence. The poker stood ju?t within reach of my right hand. "I just thought I'd surprise you, uncle; and? " "You did surprise him!" interrupted the old lady, conpressing her lips. "If I was your uncle, I'd?" Words failed her. and she went on rubbing mo with urrucj, wagging ner head in awful indignation. "The truth is, uncle," Percy went on, "I just put my hands on you?" "Silence!" I roared. ".Merciful Henvnni f rrinri th* nM lady. "Of course I own you n thousand pardons, uncle, aud I'll cheerfully do anything In tho world to make amende. I've been punished, too. Look at mo, uncle. That old 'cello took oil a good deal of hair and cuticle." He turned hia rascally head to show inc. I observed with inexpressible.delight that my aim had been true. A largo lump marked the spot where the dear old instrument had struck. My good humor began to return. "I can hardly walk on my left leg at all," continued Percy. "Good I" cried I. "And, uncle, one of my thumbs is stifT as a stake." I laughed outright. "Are you hurt badly, undo?" ho ventured to ask. "You know I am, you villain!" said I. "Can't I help rub you?" "If you dare touch mo I'll knock you down with the poker! How daro you! Sit down there in tho corner!" "Of all the impudent boys!" cried tho pool old lady. "Can't I evon play a little for you on tho violin, uncle?" I looked at hitn with n scowl. Ho took up ouo of my violins, the oldest and the best in iny motley collection. How delicately ho handled tho bowl No doubt ho will make u player. Curiously, the firr- thing ho playod was tho "Suwnnco liiver"?that typical American air that addresses tin best that :.. ... ...I ..l..?l la 'in... in an hi ?(?uu jiuijrtMi it itu.wi^iy. i nn rascal kuow the way to my heart. Before lie was half through I forgave him. After all, no great harm came of the escapade, and why should I boar him a grudge? Ho is young and has many a struggle for life ahead of him. If they nil terminate as happily as mine, ho will be fo.'tunate indeed!"?Pittsburg Bulletin. WISH WORDS. A woman unemployed is busy in mischief. A woman conceals what she does not Know. lie that hath a wife is always sure of strife. A woman who looks much in the glass spins little. Never a looking-glass, told a wo nan abo was ugly. \\ here women and geese are there is no lack of noise. Take a wife's lirst advice, but not her second thought. Wo never tire of the frendships we form with book*. We judge men by our o vn standards; judge our nearest and dearest often wrong. ?jf But for soino trouble an I sorro.v, wo should never know half the good there is about us. The golden beams oT truth and the silken cords of love, twisted together, ..-ill .I.-.,ii> in..11 ,,n wiili a sweet violence wiir-thcr they will or no(. How easy is the thought, in certain noois, of tin- loveliest, most unselfish devotion. llo.v hard is tins dun'oft'ie thought in tin* fact of h thousaud tin'ovely difficulties. Tlireo Kinds of Lightniu?. * According to Arago, the celebrate 1 French physicist, there are three kinds of lightning, which he names lightning of the first, second and third classes. Lightning of the first class is known as fork lightning. That of the second class as sheet lightning, which has no definite form, but seems to be a great mass of light. It ha? not the intensity of lightning of the first class. When it occurs behind a cloud, it lights up its outline only. Occasionally it illu ninates the entire body of clouds, and appears to come forth from the very heart of it. Sheet lightning is very much more frequent than forked lightning. Lightning of the third kind is called ball lightning. Ball lightning lasts for several seconds, and, in this respect, differs widely from lightning of the tir>t and second classes, which are, in the strictest sense, momentary.?Detroit Free Press. Machinery in Sliocmaklu?. The chief tools oi the s'i ie inker tha i consisted of his in n nor, his a-vl, his la|>stone, his knives, aa I his harness for "setting up" Ins boots oi s'n km. T to essentials of a shoe sum the uppers, too sole, the counter or heel stiffening an 1 the heel. Tiicse pitas sire agiin s'i > divi leil into the "v.imp" for covering the fro'it of the foot, tin? l uge aud t oo small <pi triers for encircling th" an kid, the button-piece, etc. The work of tin shoemaker is t<> prepare and close the o j various parts of the upper and the linings I <1 I.inf.. f!in . l..oir.< I olin.i,. llf^UbllVI , I ' ? III , nil-. I.a? .? ?MV oiM*|r f to fasten tlicin to the solo which has been previously cut, to attach the heel, ami then to fjive the various parts tlie desire 1 finish an 1 style. Those procossos in licite tho lines along which the machinery had to he applied. All tho operations have been subdivide i to the minutest detail, and in the performance all of them machines?more or lc?ssa?isfa<:to:y in their ?vorkin<?.s ? have been devise f. The parts of the upper are no.v sc-ved together i>y machinery, and they are pegged, ?e \e I or sorowc I to the sole by ma-'hoiriy. instead ol the lapstoio and the ha nner foi em h'ising tic leather are down swiftly revolving rollers, an I instead of the pi't -rus for cuttiug out tin soles are dies or solo shape 1 koiv.-s set in machine*.?Popular Science Monthly. IIWKRHOn^r FAIRS. wfttftt lr "I wnM my ribbE ruche*," mj? a * young "San, "by juEjdippiog them io cJ am noui^Cd water. aBu inuat not b? ?<jueeze<?r rung out, flHfciipped and hi ntnootheM until clean, ttn^iaiej and dried. Anri T ?-^r'. ..una ruche* pj with mASkrling tonga aa it they were 14 hair, lj I pin tny faith, to eleanae woolento aoap bark. A fire p cent b/ ^^fchat will bring a woolen gown c \ '"Ae freibneaa of the loom d t>ar'c 'n * Pm^ ?f ' w?t'?>jrTlo a gallon of clear warm watC^CSbath in tbia doea not aeein to 0 injure 4h)tmost delicate fabric."?New " Yord Tanea. \ dl DpUWASHIJIO AS VIN K ART. The wlnman who can Had say way of making <Vffhwashing, if not a pleasant ta*k, atleaW a less disagreeable one thin H it if now, should be canonized by her b grateful sisto&. One woman, who has spent much jftne in experiment in this *< branch of iBusehold labor,makes the fol- ^ lowing suggestion: "NotbioB is better for cleansing n greasy diXeg, especially cooking pans f< ano kcttM^'than an old whisk broom. It ^ removes ^Ke tenacious particles that have fastened the kettles and spiders much ^ belter ti Ai a knife or an iron dish cloth. u It is iuv JLable for cleaning graters. To keep t to hands from getting hard and u chappf? after dishwashing rub theua ? witUdRcr vinegar. Clear le non juico J is alslexcellent."?New York World. ilUBUfna TUB UONBY-COMB. g To get honey out of the honey-comb, set the pieces of comb on sticks across opening of rtu earthen pan and leave them cl to drain, tilting them to a different angle J" daily. The honey tliut ruus out in this J? way is perfectly clear and is always sold at the highest price. When no more a, drops from tho comb, this is broken up, hi laid on a piece or clean, coarse linen, and *s twistod in an opposite direction by two 11 people. The running of honey is a slow process and cannot bo hastened, and in p the meanwhile the syrup must be N thoroughly protected fro.n dust ?.nd in- f* sect. This can bo done by fixing muslin, ^ tent-fashion, over the pan, its transpar- a cncy allowing tho process to bo watcho 1 " meanwhile. Of course theso directions " arc only for those who raise honey in smnll quantities; as for thoso who cultivate it for tho market there arc regular appliances for such work, but there is no houoy surpassing this iu flavor aud clearness, tho farmer's wifo tells us, who has given her family the best of honey from OI her o vu hives lor years?Now York M Times. fu SUBSTITUTES FOn CLOSETS. A thrifty housekeeper, who3C house m' b nsts of but fow closots, has surmounted tho difficulty by having several boxoi 1 made to slip under the beds. Those are tn made of tho satno size as tno bod itself, ti aud nro mountod on small wheols sunk into the wood so that thoy may run easily vi in and out. Although necessarily shallow lo they hold a great deaWPand their great advantage is that garments may bo laid in theiu at full length. One of these boxes she has lined with camphor wood, f,t so that tho winter furs are 3iiuply laid in si' it an locked Vft These boxes should bo carefully painted: Unpainted or unvar- ^ nishol wood should never bo left in a bedroom.JMwIfc natural wood harbors ,-8 insects. White paint looks tho best, and ai tlie box should have a fresh coat onco in awhile. There should be soine arraugomeut on botfrfhhjs of tho box to pull it ? in either direction. A tin-lined box is F. also a capital arrange.ueut for tho sea- xi shore. In this may bo stored away many ti delicate garments; for t\m purposo there is nothing nicor than a bc&c sofa, arranged 1,1 U3 a window seut. i'futtv upholstered -jj and with big cushions thejrarc very ornamental and most useful. ?Louis He- jM public. V ri \ SOME WHOLESOME PtBS. ^ Cocoanut Pie?Orate a cocoanut after tt removing the outer shell and tho inner ?l skin, and strain the milk it contains through a cloth; beat the yolks of three eggs, the rind and juice of halt a lemon, u and four tablespoons of granulate J sugar until foamy; add a spoonful at a time.the grated cocoanut, its milk, and lastly tho whites of the eggs beaten stjlf; cover C j with strips ot ertnt, and bake three- 1 - (purlers of an hour in a good oven. ti ' I'u npkiti Pic?Crcan the yolks of p four eggs with as tn iuy tablesp >ous of p granulated sugar; add two cups of ste.ve I tl pumpkin, strained, two cups of milk, a tl teispjonful of ciunamon, a pinch of il ground mice, some grated nutmeg, aud si last the wiiitesof egg heat in very stiff. f L riuou Pic ?Line tho pie-pan, prick ? it with a fork,and bake the crust in a hot " oven. When lightly browned, remove c from the ovo i siml set asi le to cool. ' The juice of two lemons, the orate I riml ^ of one, the yolks of tivo an 1 tive v tablespoons of granulated sugar are beat- 0 en with the egg beater for fifteen miu- ' utcs, ami sot to cook in a double bailor, ' or in a saucepan set inside of another 11 containing boiling water. When thick- * enc I,set away to cool. Beat tiic white) 1 stilT, reserving some for meringue; add c to the co'.U lenio.i. tilling tho whites and c a French cotfeecupful of grate 1 and 1 sifted broad crumbs; mix lightly, and H bake in a ijuick oven. Wnon baked, 1 spread with meringue made by mixing the stilTenc 1 egg white with a spoonful of powdoro 1 sugar, and return to the oven w it:1 delicate!} browned. ? Harper's t Baaat. ' The Condor a High Flyer. a Tho imperial eagle, the largest of spe- * cies known, flies to a height from 10,000 foot to 15,000 feet. It is a native of ' South America, and its habitat is among 1 the lofty mountains of that country. Its 1 waumr of lining + .x ?h!i 1 . ? n? uiyu Miiuuues is only 1 exceeded by the condor of the Andes, which is said to have attained the height of six miles, or within one mile of tho greatest height ever attained by a bal- ,j loon.--Sau Francisco Chronicle. Licorice. ' Tho stie'e lic^cs imported from Europe is rarely pure. Most of it comes from Spain, where it is adulterated to an aim >st incrodiolo degree. Toe chief N adulterant is a co nnun and cheap gu n obtained from an acacia, which grows in great abundance in Morocco an t along tiie west coast of the Sahara and is called Harbara gum. IJat this is not the only substance use I, for starch, flour -an I | even sand are employe 1 in such irannti- | ties that soino of the cheap licorice hnvo only one hilf theirfffeight r composed of the material toe/^Brtr > >rt ^ to contain.?St. Louis Ulobe-Bruocrat. p v^y PROMINENT PEOPLE. Prircb BunincK la partly of 8 1st oriIn. jrsrica Lamar'a loog lo.du hart born ipped clou and ara now quit# gray. It la fifty-nine years tinea Gladstone took is teat in the British House of ^.vu has built for himself a retty summer cottage at Lake George, . Y. Jllf.ce IfilllMrt < MMnfaU K? m?*w eople u tba ruott popular musician in aria. Bismarck and Von lfoltke once fooitit a uel orer a girl wban they war* fellow tudenta. Hknati'M Haim.it, of Connecticut. and fibaon. of Louisiana, very much resemble ach other. Obiter at. BfswiLt, the Prohibition canidate for FroiHrat, will not do any oam? sign speaking. Baron Hirscm, the Hebrew philanthro1st, Is planning an extended tour through le United States and Canada. Justick Shirah, the new appointee to the upreme Bene!), is a cousin of James G. lniue, bis mother baring been a Blaine. Sims Reeves, tbo famous Euglish concert ?nor, who is now an ol<l man, bai joined the Tachinr staff of the Guildhall School of iuaic, London. Watson R. Spkrrt, of Delaware the ewly ap|x>inted Minister to Persia, is about Trty-fire years of age and a graduate of rale. class of '71. Colonel, Robert H; Crockett, Demoratio candidate for Congress in the Sixth ,rkan*as District, is a grandson of the faious Davy Crockett. The little Queen of Holland has had a niforin made for her, as Eniporor William, f Uermhuy, lias appointed her Colonel of he Second Regiment of Wcatphalian lusntry. Chairman Carter, of the Republican rational Committee, wears a light colored on toe, and iu many personal features la a triking reproduction of the traditional Uncle Sam." Robert H. Foloer, of Massilon, Ohio, Is aimed to bo the oldest practising attorney i the United States. He was born in Chesd" County, Penn., 18PJ, and began the pracce of law thirty years therealter. Charles P. Lummis, tho young novelist nd explorer, whose fame is beginning to ^read beyoud the pages of the magazfuo?. ; about tnirty-two years old and has passed is recent years in the far Southwest. Knut Nelson, who is tho Republican canidate for Governor of Minnesota, is famiarly called "the little Norwegian." Mr. [elson is short in stature, being about live et, five inchoi iu height, and wear* a losely cropped, dnrk rhui beard, streaked rith gray. His profession is the law. In it, s in political life, ho is especially popular rith the tSeaudinnviun citizens of the Northreat _ NEWSY ULEANJLNGS; Cholera is raging in Ilurmab. The drought in Texas is broken. The cholera is still moving westward. The oat crop is reported a fair average Tourists are numerous in the White ouotains. The Agricultural Appropriation bill atope rther foreign crop reports. The Queen's speech to the British Pari laent is the shortest on record. Brazil has doubled its purchases of ruericnn cotton within a year. The drouth in Australia has been effecal in destroying many thousands of rablr. Great damage has been done to Spanish neyarda through the ravages of phyl xera. Tub shipments of new crop India wheat the Knglish market are loss than those of >t year. Seven willows of Revolutionary soldiers e on the rolls of the Knoxville (Ienn) penon I'llicc. Akter gathering in their crops in Utah, K) Mormon families will move to Mexico in 10 autumn. The Chilean Senate will try the late Minte'rs of Unluincoda on charges of treason id corruption. Tiie salmon pack on Columbia River, in r.Jiion, for the reason just closed amounts 44S,t>30 cases. t'ouTii Dakota is overrun with tramps, ir.ncra tried Wiihout success to hirosthem. ley are now being driven out of the couny During their concert tour through Oeranv the Now York Ariou Society sung to :;?? ' ,vyv)0 persons anl added ?50X) to yarns poor funds. fn:-! n.MNTH nre heard from Omaha that many sections there are fear or no oV wheat in inrny heads which look ii no and promising. a .tkoxombks throughout the United t il- rxp et great scientific results from ie ol?erv?tion of the planet Mare, while iu ipc.^ition to the earth. Ux.vko Status troops are driving "soonanl c.ittlem .?:? out of the Cherokee trip. The latter n o using all possible ic.ins !<> d-l.iv eviction. Tito I'enchblotv I'orcointn. The peachblow porcelain is of Ihiuese manufacture, and is about three lundted years old. It is not, as is somelines supposed, the designation of a articular shade of color, but a rare and cculiar gitize, which not merely covers lie surface of the vessel, but penetrates lie entire texture of the article, so that i the same be broken, the internal trueture is identical with that of the urface. The method by which this reult is reached is unknown, and much toney has been cxpeuded in vain todisover it. The ware is, in a seuse, there ore, the result of ii happy accident, ipecimens of it arc rare in China to.day, there it is prized as highly as auywhero Ise. Most of that of which there is letinitc knowledge was taken from China ?y the Dutch in the days when thoy nonopoli/.ed the trade with that counry, and from Holland has niado its way ;ver Europe. The specimens in this ountry have almost all of them corao ither from Holland direct, or by way >f France, whither pieces of it were arly carried hy the Dutch, arousing unisua! interest among the French potters. ?Boston Tran-cript. Hhe (to Cousin Deor.pv.viio ihsjiu retime! from the tropic*) ? "On, George, lour, how kind of you t >rin^ mo this lear little monkey ! How thoughtful you re! But?hut?it's ju*t like you!'-i'unnv F ?lk?? She?" i low <t'ii >011 and Ion U1II.1.v rippen .0 get married, B'anc icf* Handle?"We were both single, y >11 coo.v?" "Well, wo marrie 1 o "eleven.?."Sunn i\ ?r;>v s .u t utuy. Hmnple I'ncltnae United Free. Atltlres* Siimlt Hilt- Means, Now York. The average age that women marry twenty-one, men twenty six. Any man, wonrni or thil I ran bo cured of Wion-nt **. sii k-llen'l.'o ho. ' 'onstipatton. Frv. rs, < 'olds and St inaeli Trouble bv taking Mtlo leans Small. K.?r\ bottle i< Riwrantred to ivc entire #nti<fa< t'lon. Win each b dtle. ~-tc. A blonde is said to have about teD ears the advantage of a brunette. Colds promptly relieve:! by Small Mile Means. The soul-entrant in?? clarinet was the nvention <?f IHnncr, a (Jerman, in lfiftd. No matter wha? foolish things you try to do, pcoplo won't l.vi,;h at you it you succeed. lr your Mack At lies.or vou arc all worn ottf, ortl for notliitu;. it i< ipmr.tl I it y. trow it's Iron r. to: w || rm .> yon, m.tko you Iron#. clc in-e piuf liver, and givo a good apetite?tones the nerves. 0 Br*I. 'Eat All. OMAND UCVMins T1A r.,l?. A P. T*> MONTKEA AND qCE?EO. Tfll'MDAT, SEPT. A The (TMt excursion route, the Cincinnati Hamilton A Dayton R. R . will run the flr?t >, their annual excursion* to Montreal and Que bee, from Cincinnati anil Indianapolis. Tbun day. Sept. A The roun<l trip rate* are maewfi nusly low. hei?- Cincinnati or In ?l*napotis to Montreal and return, and but 91 to Quel>c<: and return, with side-trip to Ottaw ret nrnln*. Tickets will be good (ret timing) to twenty days from date of sale. This I* the Urn cheap excursion ever run to beautiful Mont res or historic Quebec from Cincinnati. For tick ete. sleeping-car berths, etc.. call on or add rre any O.. If. A I), agent, or K. t). McCorrolcli Den. Passenger and Tic ice t Ag't. Cincinnati. C Movav JBtba'i eruption oootiiraw to la Pare and Wholesome Quality Commend! to public approval the California liquid laxative remedy. Syrup of Figs. It I pleasant to the taste and by acting gently 01 the kidney-, liver and bowels to cleanse th< system effectually, it promotes the health ani comfort of all who use it, and with millions 11 Is the best and only remedy. IfKw Mbxioo fa, enjoying the Ant ralnj season it has had in four years. The Oalr One Ever Printed. can you find tdi woi1d? These la a 3 Inch display advert Isement I this paper, this week, which baa no two won alike except one word. The sa'uo is truo ? each new one appearing each week, from T1 Dr. Hart er Medicine Co. This house places ' Crescent" on everything they make and pui lbh. Iyook for it, send them tho name of tli word and they will return you b iok, bkaut rut, L.ITHOOUAPHS Of SAMI'LKS YKEC. Thb New York Arlon Society la meetfm with brilliant successes in Germany anc Austria. J. C. Slmjsson. Marquess, W. Va., sayi "Hall's Caturrh Cure cured me of a very ba case of catarrh." Druggists sell It, 76c. kiuis Wilbilm of Germany succeeded In catching a whale fifty-four feet long oil the coast of Norway. Man's system Is like a tr.w n, it must be wc drained and nothing is so efficient as Keeel am's Pills. For sale by all druggists. Thb cholera epidemic Is spreading tliroughont Europe. .[.Charles Kichter. wholesale lumber dealci lrcSftVan Pelt street, Philadelphia, Pa., savs ' I can't speak too highly of Hradvcrotinc as , heartache cure." All druggists, fifty cents. Thehb is quite a rush of people Into th< Southern States who have a few thousand dollars to Invest. Bnown's Iron Blltcrscures Dyspepsia,Mala rla. Biliousness and General Debility. Giro Strength, aids Digeslion, tones the nerveecroftlee appetite. Tho best tonic forNursin) Mothers, weak women and children. Thb British Parliament is to meet Augus 4th. If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr.Isftac Tliotni son's Eye-wator.Drugglsta sell at J56c.per botll Of Modicincs is whf I consider Hood's Hurt*. iHiillA. For 6 year / I was confined to my be w"h white swelling ddwV II ^TfTHfc> 11111 scroAila soree Wm. A. I<chr. To my jjpreat joy when I begun with HOOD'S SAKS APAR ILLA tIia k'iruh food decreased. 1 kept tukin It for a year, when I was so well that i went t work, and since then have not lost one day o account of sickness. 1 am alwavs well nn have a Rood appetite." W.m. A. Leiih, No. Railroad Street, Kendallvllle, Ind. Hood's Pills are tho liest after-dinner I 'Ills assist digestion,euro headache and biliousness CHILD BIRTH MADE EASY! " Mothers' Friend " is a scientifically piepared Liniment, every ingTedi-r.t of recognized value and in constant use by the medical profession. These ingredients are combined in a manner hitherto unknown "MOTHERS' FRIEND" WILL DO alt that is claimed foi It AND MORE. It Shortens Labor, Lessens Pain, Diminishes Danger to Life of Mother and Child. Book to " Mothers " mailed FRFE, containing valuable information and voluntary testimonials* Cent by expreri on receipt of price ft 50 pat bottll tMDHELO KE0UIST0R CO.. Atlanta.8a. SO 1.1) It Y ALL ORUUUISTS. "August Flower My wife suffered with indigestiot and dyspepsia for years. Dife be came a burden to her. Physician: failed to give relief. After reading one of your books, I purchased t bottle of August Flower. It workec like a charm. My wife received irn mediate relief after taking the firs dose. She was completely cured? now weighs 165 pounds, and canca anything she desires without anj deleterious results as was fortnerlj the case. C. H. Dear, Prop'r Wash iugton House, Washington, Va. <4 Plso'fl Ttorm \y for Catarrh In the Host. Knslosl to IV, kikI ClicnpeM. BB Hfl Sold by dniKKi^ln or t>ent by titall. B| Vl K- T. Iliizolllne. Warron. Pa. H Home PefH hv A. c. nULBERT, #5( rAI'TION,- llrrrnrp nf ilonliTwuili. I lianlint uliofd ? ithnut W. I.. Houulng I nr mo 11 nil 1 bo |?rlro n trim perl on bottom. Hneli ?ubnt itut lonn itro linrtilnlciif niirt nbjt-rt to pronceiitinn liy Itiw lor obtnlnlnu money nn- A\ dor false pretences. ^^^1 W" Will (It* eirloilfe nnl? to nhoe i no or en l a. Write for catalogue. If not 1 liaifai fclad, also and width wasted, r - ? , '1 ? 'j mmm ! t SilfflwPi, ISanw?!, I 11 the h.iml*. tnbire the Iron, and hum off I Tbe BUIn< 8nn Stove Polish Is Brilliant, (Mor-1 ? less Durable, and the ronsunier pays for no Ua | or glass package with ovcrjr purchase. J ' BileBe&tts* J _ Small | B Positively cure Sick-lieadnclie. 40 to I the bo?tle. Price 2o?* neliablc, Ecouora- I 1 icoL Sold by Uruggtela. I YOUR I cured with a few appUoatlool at I r "t'OOTlfiX." SOc. bv drusalsts or mall. Send for te? tlmoolals. B. V. LUDLtM * CO.. bwsjrroa, Qmn. 1 I Pimples I >r \ i s i* Blotches I EVIDENCE That the bipod it ' " wrong, atul that nature is endeavoring to throw ojf the impurities, * Nothing is so beneficial in assisting <1 vat it re as Swift's Specific ( >. >. sj It is a simple vegetable compound, I* I harmless to the most delicate ck 'Id, yet it forces the Poison to the surface and eliminates it from the blood. S I contracted a severe cctc of blood poisoa that unfitted me for business for four years. A . few bottles of Swift's Specific (S. S. 5.) cured ' mc. j.C.JoNts, City Marshal, l'ulton, Arkansas, Treatise cn Plood and Skin Diseases mailed r free. Sv/if t brkcipic Co., Atlanta, Ga. r* *r? *p* L E s"r^u the itimmrh, liver nml boweca.Z H i nilfv the blood. ore Mife nud nf-Z Z rrrtnil. Tin- l?*t gcnernl family X [ ? ) medicine known /or Hiliounneaa, J .cry Count 11) n Moll. f?v?|H'i>t?U. Pnul* *Uyy Prentli, licndaoho, lloaiCburn. txxue Of Alinel Ho, Mental IX'presat.UJ,# ' Painful Ingestion, l'lmplo*. Sallow _ Complexion. Tlrid Keeling, and? every rymptoin or >1 fviico resulting from Impure? J blood, i.r a failure l>y Iho itonnob, liver or intestlneex I Slo perform Ihclr proper functions. I'mwrnB glyento ? J over-cnllng ore benefited by l> kin^aTAlllXKafter^ ? Jdresa TilK HlI'ANsrilF.MIi 'Al/co ,io:-|>nic?St.N.Y.a a AkciiIh Wnutvdt EIGHTY jh-i- i-vut prell. i Shuttle" : Mf LIVER 4 * 6J! PILLS DO ROT GRIPE NOR KICKER. VdRH 6ur? cor* for SICK UKADACHK. Impaired dinitio#,constl^^KMDL p*tlon,tO'|'iil Rlnnds. They nrotua 'I f; vital organs. remove nausea, dla'J io liners. Ma~i.-nl effect on K Dirt V* liey? and bladder. Conqure 3 billoKH uorvuitN din* - tf"a ~^tS?^ onlern. Krtahliah nati, it *<1^ ural Daily Action. l Beautify coin plex Inn by pnrifyin* blood. roRFi.r Vkoktahi.f. The dose is nicely adjusted to suit esse, as one pill can never he too muelt. Each vial eon trine <2. earned in vest pocket. liVc lea l pencil. lilLtiliesM man's great convenience. Taken easier than auger. Sold everywhere. Ail genuins goods bear "Crescent" bend 2-cent stamp, You get od page book with (ample. BR. HARTCR MEDICINE CO., St. Louis. M*. IF YOU OWN CHICKENS YOU WANT | > \ TIIEIR T II E M T O A > V X WAY even If you merely l-eep litem ns n inversion. In order to handle Fowls Judlelmisly, you must know aonieiliing i.lieut tVein. To meet this want we arr aelliii', n iM>ok giving die t v|K'i:eneo t ftnlw OK* of a pmr(i<-itl |h ultrv rnirer forVwHlj tv?' twenty-live years. It war. wrltti n by oinan who put all h!s tnlu I, and time, nnd in-ticy to making a sue eersor C'hlek" n rnis'nK?uotasa pastime, t.ni as a business-and If you will profit liy hli twcnty-firo I rears' work, you cua save many Chicks auiiunlly, 8 <J?SfP?! 'iPlS^r : , : ipim) t | r <>' V^Pil " Ho if I n j Ch ick'to*." and make your Fowl* eai 11 dollars for you. Ths f point Is, (but you nuiit l>o able to deleft trouble In the Poultry Yard as soon as It appears, and know * how to remedy It. I tils I o?>k will t? nelt you. \ It tolls how to d-'teet and < urc dl-cnse; to feed for ' tggs nut! aim for fattening; w hi,-li fowls to save for ? breeding purposes; and eveiytiling, Indeed, yon should know on this subject to make it prolliuble. Sent postpaid for twenty IIvo cents In le. or 3a. temps. I Book Publishing House, 1X"? IxoN tun ST.. N. V. city. S. N i : l V SAFE. DURABLE FENCE;' Of.LY J80 PER MILE. ''.'.LAND - OffltEHSs;^'j! _ Aarents,z.?, ixzsz Cash "X The best loc?l nnd traveling agents wanted everywhere. \V?itont once for circulars and eholceter \u rltory: ndtlressA. <1. Ilulbert, Patentee, care of || K rarwi: 1 III) Factory Catalogue with '.is) engraved designs and /ijlll prices. ssnt tree to any wlio want fancy Iron and tit wlro work or city, cemetery and farm fences, own ?????????? 1 m W. L MGLAS <1 3 SHOE JiV Rcnulno tu'wcd hIiac llinl niil tie' rip i tlnoCalf, 11 loss, kr:> ><>(ti Iusidc, ticxiMo. more ('(iinfortAblo, stylist* durable tlian any oibrr Mi rvor sold at tho pllcn. als custom mailo shoos fosli.v from ?1 1" to only M.'l.otl Mine mndt? ?<th two oomploto rd, fom.lv ,. '.voi, ?: tho outside t-d (as shown In out), oh Kilo sihuil.lo lli-i w o ir of cheap writ shoos sold ut thl atnn prior, for Mich easily i ip, having; only oim sole sowed a narrow strip of l> iiin r ou tlio edg", nivJ when ouca forn through cm v.orthloss. Tho twnsulcaof liiptv. iiOI l. I,S S.l.flOShoa whi n worn throuoh ran l.o i"|ial cd as many llnios as necessary, its tlicy will tie vert ii>or loosen from the upper. ^ Purchasers of fooiw.-.ir <l"sirln? to ei onoHk Bin should roncl'lor tho f.tiporlor auHiitirs of th( oO rliots, turl riot bo luMucnoed (JUL t'? 1 miv ?In tp w ll shoesso|.| at 13.11). Ow^iicK x having only .m o io cominond \ (tit " iiom. ?? . I., IMH 411,AS ,lira's ""xv.*8k. 1* D"'1 N ") 1 i.io fall. Hand few I I'oll.vaud Kurmx ijpV ers; -liO Mac t'alf: itl.'JI] f ' SJ.(Ml Workltiginon's: \ <arL 1'us* 9i.no and Youths' \ Tv !-'-hoo| Slioos j failles' ^ \ !?J,001' ind Kcvvod:fh4.50t *"111" I, , \ ^ If'MIO and Alissor - fi | ,7.1 rtost liooKols, m>. aro of tho sanin high "t IVr standard of merit. ^'nthe VtOVf&^ZL ? Iralrrs and jfner.il inn oltti nfs svftcrp I hits ror sale In your plncc send ill;*:: jo uaorr, itsis f"*. v. . mi i>?uKias* llreoktoBi tUM?